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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

so be it

If you insist on doing it, so be it.

So be it is a formulaic subjunctive; however, IMO, this phrase is in imperative mood.

If you ... , be (it) so.

Is it correct with and without "it"?

comments?

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com/Be+it+so Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Chapter VI " If ***'s will, be it so . " She threw her arms around his neck, as if to hold him back. "We are so happy!

— Marius Hancu

  • com/Be+it+so Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Chapter VI " If ***'s will, be it so .
  • " She threw her arms around his neck, as if to hold him back.
  • "We are so happy!
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Sometimes the phrase "so be it" is used to mean something like "well, that's the way it is" or "that's the way it will have to be." It tends to be said when someone realizes that he or she has to accept something, like it or not.
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